Soft turned-down collar



D. B. BECKER.

SOFT TURNED DOWN COLLAR.

` APPLICATION FILED rsa. 14

Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

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SOFT TURNED DOWN COLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I4. I9Ia.

Patented N ov. 25, 1919.

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DONALD B. BECKER, OF WATERVLIET, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 GEO. P. IDE & COMPANY, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

SOFT' TURNED-DOWN COLLAR.

Original application filed May 16, 1917, Serial No.\168,991.

Specification of Letters Patent.

1918. Serial No. 217,106.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, DONALD B. BECKER, a citizen of the United States, residing` at lwatervliet, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented certain new and `useful Improvements in Soft Turned-Down Collars, of which the following is a specification. Y

This application is a division of my application iled May 16, 1917, Serial No. 168991.

(lne of vthe objects of my invention is to produce a soft turn down collar free from permanently attached buttons.

A further object of my invention is to provide a collar having a neck band and a folded over top portion the neck band hav.- ing a long end insertible between the band and top portion at the other end of the collar, said band having the usual button holes and in addition thereto provided with registering button holes in its respective ends adapted to receive a stud or collar button, one of said registering button holes extending through the outer ply or plies of the neck band, the inner facing ply serving as a shield to prevent the said stud or button coming into Contact with the skin of the wearer.

Sewed on buttons, and other like permanently secured devices for collars are very objectionable inasmuch as they are very likely to come 0H at any time and serious discomfort results; besides which such permanently secured fasteners are liable to break off in the laundry and are objectionable in the process of ironing. Therefore it is one of the objects of my invention to remedy this evil by eliminating the sewed on button or other permanently secured clasp, clamp and the like.

1n the drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of a collar embodying my invention.

Fig. :2 is a similar view with the folded over top portion broken away at one end.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of my improved collar laid out flat,`lo0king at the outer face of the neck band.

Fig. 5 is a similar view looking at the inner face of the neck band.

The reference numeral 1 designates the folded over top portion of the collar. The neck band 3 is provided with the usual button holes 4, 5, 6, at the lower edge thereof, whereby the collar may be detachably connected to the neck band of a shirt.

The collar is provided with the usual long end 11 which is insertibie between the neck band and folded over top at the other end of the collar, and said short end is provided with a button hole 8 near its top edge. The neck band is also provided with a button hole 7 positioned near the top edge of the band and near the long end of the band; said button hole 8 being in such position on the band that it is covered7 or concealed, by the folded over top portion or fold when said fold is in its folded position, and the hole 8 registers with the hole 7 of the long end when said long end is inserted between the neck band and folded over top portion of the collar.

As shown in Fig. 3 the button hole 8 extends through the outer ply or plies of the band, whereby the inner ply or plies of the band form a shield to prevent the stud inserted in the button hole 8 from coming into contact with the skin of the wearer.

What I cla-iin is:

A collar having a band and a folded over top, said band being formed of a plurality of plies of fabric, and having a long end insertible between the band and the folded over top at the other end of the collar, said band being provided with meansA whereby it can be removably attached to the neck and of a shirt, and in addition thereto being provided with registering button holes in its respective ends adapted to receive a stud or collar button, said registering button hole in the band at said other end of the collar extending through the outerply or vplies only of the band, the inner facing ply of the band forming a shieldfor the stud or collar button inserted in said last mentioned button hole.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

DONALD B. BECKER. 

